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Chapter 7 Review questions
Chapter 7 Review questions
International Political Economy: Contemporary Debates
- Discuss the distribution of power resources of major countries in Table 7.2. Should there be other countries on the list?
- Should there be other power resources on the list in Table 7.2? Are some of the listed resources irrelevant?
- What is most important for global development patterns: the political power of states or the economic market power of large corporations?
- What are the key claims of hegemonic stability theory? To what extent have these claims been borne out empirically since World War Two?
- Is military power of special importance for leading states or are other power resources equally important?
- Were all societies once 'traditional', as liberals claim? Or have states in the Global South been actively underdeveloped by imperialism originating in the developed world as neo-Marxists say?
- Look at Table 7.4. Has sub-Saharan Africa experienced development or underdevelopment?
- Is there a 'global economic system' or is economic globalization merely 'more of the same'? Are transnationals truly global or tied to their home countries?
- Will economic globalization bring benefits to all? Why or why not?
- Think of the pros and cons of micro-theories such as rational choice theory and macro-theories such as the major perspectives on IPE. How can they be combined?
- Is IPE really of growing importance for the study of IR? Why or why not?
- What are the basic differences between the British and the American schools of IPE (see Table 7.1)? Which do you find most fruitful for understanding international relations?
- What are the three key elements of the ‘Open Economy Politics’ (OEP) framework?
- Should scholars of IR still pose big questions? Why or why not?
- How do different theories of IPE attempt to integrate international and domestic factors into their explanatory frameworks? Give examples.